Be not too presumptuously sure in any business; for things of this world depend on such a train of unseen chances that if it were in man's hands to set the tables, still he would not be certain to win the game.
It's not good fishing before the net.
Hee that goes barefoot, must not plant thornes.
But who does hawk at eagles with a dove?
Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright, / The bridal of the earth and sky.
The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.